Lucien Hold

We heard last night, hanging out with a few comics at the Borgata, that Lucien Hold, the GM and talent […]

David Brudnoy

We couldn’t let the passing of David Brudnoy go without some sort of comment. He was the best radio talk […]

Turning Bipolarity into Hilarity

An article in Metro, the Silicon Valley’s Weekly Newspaper, talks about comic Beth Schumann‘s incorporation of her bipolarity into her […]

Canadian Satellite Radio draws nigh!

The Canadians are cautiously circling satellite radio. The New York Times reports today that, when (no longer if) it’s approved, […]

Peter Anthony speaks from North of the Border

Since April 1, 1999, the day we launched our magazine, we’ve always had a tremendous number of readers from Canada […]

Hello to our Burkinabe fan(s)!

We got a hit from someone in Burkina Faso the other day. Once in a while, we see some countries […]

Happy Hanukkah/Chanukah from SHECKYmagazine!

The editors of SHECKYmagazine.com want to wish everybody a Happy Hanukkah… Okay, not everybody… Just our readers who celebrate Hanukkah. […]

Potentially BIG NEWS from MTV Networks

Linda Moss, writing in Reed Business’ multichannel.com (subscription required), writes that: MTV Networks is exploring spinoffs from Comedy Central, including […]

Joke-e-oke rears its ugly head…again!

(Editors note: There’s an update on Joke-e-oke! Click here to see the latest revoltin’ development!) We came across the following […]

Ferguson to replace Kilborn

According to the lore, Craig Ferguson, perhaps best known as “Mr. Wick” on The Drew Carey Show, got Montreal within […]

A different Udai, we're certain of it…

On this side of the world, we had Puffy telling us to “vote or die.” In Iraq, they have this, […]

Ajaye Audio Interview…

Chigago’s 50,000-watt flamethrower WGN (720 on your AM dial) has entrusted the 11 PM Friday to 3 AM Saturday slot […]

Mike Nichols on standup comedy

I suppose that, since Nichols has been a director for nearly 40 years, folks run out of things to ask […]

First "The Wire," now this!

If you’d like to read an article that does for the Baltimore comedy scene what HBO’s The Wire does for […]

Fascists in Dedham Oppress Standup!

Word comes from New England that the bloated government of the tiny Boston beltway town of Dedham is nickel and […]

Looking forward to Just For Laughs 2005?

Is it too soon? We don’t think so. Although details are scarce on their website, we can determine that the […]

Don't call her "Nip!"

Below is the only wedding picture that Traci will allow to be displayed in our house. We run it today […]

Edmonton Sun: Ron James

The Sun has a nice mini-profile of comedian Ron James in conjunction with his appearance at clubs in Red Deer […]

Seattle Competition Winner: Gabriel Rutledge

Press release from Ron Reid: After 24 shows, 3600 miles, 6000 audience members, 72 judges and the tightest race in […]

Dave's not here, man… He's in Aspen…

From the Vail Daily (Yes, there is such a publication): The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival has announced that the stoner […]

SHECKYmagazine is not Dr. Phil!

Just got an email into Like We Care: I just found your magazine online through Yahoo and thought that I […]

Lickin' and Laughin'… Lickin' and Laughin' !

From a press release floating around on the WWW today: SavvyInsider Media Group, LLC, a startup media and entertainment company […]

Got Ink? Get a day job… or a series.

An article in the St. Petersburg Times explores the dual life of Tampa’s Ken Reed. None of this is factual, […]

New Content: French, Skene, Hecox!

For those of you who have been away from the computer because of the holidays (or injury, or general malaise, […]

T-Giving Eve at the New Wave

We crossed the Delaware last night to hang at the New Wave with a good chunk of the Philadelphia comedy […]

Syracuse Questions Tom Kenny

The Syracuse New Times, that city’s alterna-rag, grills Tom Kenny, who is white-hot with the release of the SpongeBob movie. […]

Two Men Doing A One-Man Show

Friend of SHECKYmagazine Steve Ochs alerted us to an item about “Harrington & Storm: Two Guys Doing a One-Man Show.” […]

Dan French Surfaces Yet Again!!

Dan French, whom we have not heard from since our trip to SoCal in August (and whom has not submitted […]

Traci Skene for president!?

SHECKYmagazine editor and co-founder Traci Skene‘s newest column is up! She I witnessed this frustration up close last Thanksgiving when […]

Seattle Comedy Competition Down To Five

The following came from Ron Reid: The top five comics were picked last night, November 21. Interestingly they all have […]

Freddie Prinze, in case you forgot…

From the Newark Star Ledger’s “Ricky Retro, a weekly pop history quiz,” comes this paragraph: After an appearance on “The […]

Doug Hecox: Writer of Wrongs!

SHECKYmagazine announces a new regular columnist, Doug Hecox. The D.C.-based comic and author (“Graze Expectations,” “Star Spangled Banter”) needed an […]

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Cosby's Fat Albert Hits Silver Screen

From the Washington Post comes this heads up about the Christmas Day release of a theatrical, live-action movie, Fat Albert: […]

Rickles: He's able to close now

The Seattle Times has a nice interview with Don Rickles, a compact and peppy chat with a nice compendium of […]

The Few, The Proud, The Humorous

Ya think ya know someone. A press release bouncing around the WWW heralds the return of James P. Connolly to […]

Verizon Problems! Light Blogging!

We’re having trouble with our local phone service… we suspect that the heavey rains last weekend may be the culprit, […]

Screech not being Screech

The Daily Orange, the student newspaper of Syracuse University, ran a post-mortem on an appearance by Dustin Diamond, familiar to […]

Tom Kenny–Ya Never Know…

Spongebob Squarepants freaks, click here for an article in advance of the release of the feature-length Spongebob movie: Tom Kenny, […]

Fancy That! An Awards Show That Disses Standup!

From the first paragraph of a comedy.co.uk article about the Britich Comedy Awards: How time flies. Just as the harsh […]